Sunday, June 2, 2013

Music Therapy

Music Therapy and Carnatic Music 

Learning classical music can result in improvement of



  •          Positive attitude
  •          Communication
  •          Motor skills
  •          Language
  •          Psycho social experience
  •          Creative Abilities

The Teacher-Meena Ganapathy



Dr. Meena Ganapathy has been teaching Vocal (Carnatic) music for over a decade.
She has completed her PhD in music from Music Academy Chennai . She is a Certified Music Therapist from Apollo Hospitals where she researched the application of Music for special education and its use on behaviour modifications of special children.This also justifies that learning carnatic music
brings about holistic development in children and adults.
Mrs. Meena Ganapathy teaches music at Shri Ramana Maharishi School of Blind, JP Nagar  for 10 yearsand at Deepika School for Special Children, Shankarpuram, for the last eighteen years.
She is also a consultant therapist at two more schools for children with special needs.
Mrs.Meena Ganapathy also runs a music school called Rukmini Music Foundation where she trains children for carnatic music and also conducts group music therapy sessions for special children.
She is an examiner for the music exams conducted by the Karnataka Music Board .
Course content – Sloka/Songs/Carnatic music- Vocal/Training for Music exams.


Other Activities undertaken include:

  • Therapy classes for children
  • Music classes for children 
  • Skype class
  • Concerts
  • Programs by Children
  • Bhajan Programs by ladies
  • Special coaching for Children
  • Classes for ladies




1 comment:

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